A cool breeze blew softly





























in the silence of the night




























A sliver moon grinned down



























a murky haze of light









Just a single twinkling star




























pierced the black sheet of the sky

























which covered the earth so quickly
























and silenced it’s gentle cry


Suddenly I heard a rustling




























A gentle, beating sound






























as I lifted my eyes to heaven



























I was heartened at what I found






My soul was there above me

































it had grown wings and taken flight






























it was finding its own freedom



























in the gentle depths of night


Fly my soul, be free






























find peace in that other realm


























for you will have to return to the cage of my body


















when that smiling moon goes down



























You will have to return to these reads hard trodden


















when that vestal orb goes down